From Macintosh to iPhone: 50 years of Apple gadgets celebrated in new museum

The innovations of Apple Inc. are on show at the new Apple Museum in the Netherlands. It traces 50 years of the iconic brand's innovations, from its first experimental models to the world-changing iPhone. Located in Utrecht, the museum features a wide collection of Apple products, including early machines from the 1970s, the original Macintosh, and later devices that helped shape personal computing. “The museum is set up in a way that when you enter, you start in the garage, which is where it all began, and it's not so that it was their headquarters, but it tells a lot about the two people that founded Apple, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, and what the basis is of their vision behind the products,” says Ed Bindels, museum founder. "So, step-by-step, we'll tell them things about how the logo developed, about the design language they use. So, I hope when people leave this museum, they know more about Apple, and if they use an Apple product, they look different to that product. That's what we hope.” The journey through the museum starts in a garage—or at least a reconstruction of one. This was where Steve Jobs worked away on the prototypes, exploring what could be created with electronic components. One of the most eye-catching items in the museum is the Apple 1, as it represents the very beginning of Apple’s story. It marked the first product sold by Apple, which was co-founded by Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Apple Museum board member Antonie de Kok says, “These are unique. They are very valuable. One has just been sold for more than one million (dollars) because there are only a few left, and it's the start of Apple as we all know it now. This was the first thing they ever developed.” Museum officials say it is Europe’s largest Apple Museum, with over 5,000 items from computers to posters, iPads, iPhones, and other items produced by Apple. This article was provided by The Associated Press.